Recycling Facts

The EPA estimates that while 75% of what Americans trash every week could be recycled, only 25% is recycled.

Today, this country recycles 28% of its waste, a rate that has almost doubled during the past 15 years.

Twenty years ago, only 1 curbside recycling program existed in the United States, which collected several materials at the curb. By 1998, 9,000 curbside programs and 12,000 recyclable drop-off centers had sprouted up across the nation.